PA YOUTH VOTE

PA Youth Vote, a WorkReady Summer partner, collaborated with BOLT to provide the “Community Rising” programming for 25 WorkReady Summer participants in 2022.

In this program, participants discussed issues that impact them, their families and their communities. The young participants chose to focus their research and action on gun violence, and furthered their research through community organizers who were invited as guest speakers.

As a culmination of their project, the youth participants made a visit to the Capitol building in Harrisburg on August 8th, 2022 to appeal to Senators and Representatives for legislation aimed at addressing gun violence in Philadelphia. A second event was held on August 9th, 2022 at Philadelphia City Hall in partnership with Just Act and the Mayor’s Office. Both events allowed participants to collaborate with youth coalitions across the city to organize this important opportunity for youth to speak and adults to listen.